CVE-2023-5705
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
27/10/2023
Last modified:
08/04/2026
Description
The VK Filter Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'vk_filter_search' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vektor-inc:vk_filter_search:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 2.3.1 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-filter-search/tags/2.3.1/inc/filter-search/package/class-vk-filter-search-shortcode.php#L40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2983339/vk-filter-search#file1
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/012946d4-82ce-48b9-9b9a-1fc49846dca6?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-filter-search/tags/2.3.1/inc/filter-search/package/class-vk-filter-search-shortcode.php#L40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2983339/vk-filter-search#file1
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/012946d4-82ce-48b9-9b9a-1fc49846dca6?source=cve



